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Molecular Aspects of Inflammation pp 1–23Cite as

Basic Mechanisms of the Inflammatory Response

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Inflammation is experienced by people as a pandora box of nasty things like fever and pain. In essence, however, it is one of the organism’s most powerful emergency measures designed to mobilize whatever forces can be mustered to overcome a life- threatening situation. As with many emergency actions, it sometimes happens that it exceeds its purpose and poses by itself a grave danger to the organism. That is the time when inflammation is just seen as a “bad”, pathological process. Nevertheless, it is basically a network of reactions indispensable for the survival of higher organisms.

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  1. Biochemisches Institut der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Hermann-Herderstr. 7, D-7800, Freiburg i. Br, Germany

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  1. Institut für Physiologische Chemie I, Universität Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 4000, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Helmut Sies

  2. Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung, Mascheroder Weg 1, 3300, Braunschweig, Germany

    Leopold Flohé

  3. Gustav-Embden-Zentrum der Biologischen Chemie, Universität Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 6000, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Dedicated to Prof. Wolfgang Gerok at the occasion of his 65th birthday

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Decker, K. (1991). Basic Mechanisms of the Inflammatory Response. In: Sies, H., Flohé, L., Zimmer, G. (eds) Molecular Aspects of Inflammation. Colloquium der Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie 11.–13. April 1991 in Mosbach/Baden, vol 42. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76412-7_1

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